Flooring

Flooring

Of or pertaining to the laying or building of floors.

Industry: Construction

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Cutback adhesives

Construction; Flooring

Refers to asphalt adhesives which have been liquefied with petroleum solvents. When the lighter fractions are boiled away from petroleum oil, the thick residue left is asphalt. To make it fluid ...

All laminated floor structures require the use of some kind of foam underlayment to be placed over the subfloor. These foam materials conform to minor subfloor imperfections and stop the "grinding" ...

Cut

Construction; Flooring

To sand a floor. As a noun, cut refers to one pass over an area of floor with sanding equipment. Usually, a mechanic will make two or more cuts with progressively finer grits of sandpaper.

Delamination

Construction; Flooring

The separation of layers in an engineered/laminate through failure within the adhesive or at the bond between adhesive and laminate.

Deflection

Construction; Flooring

A variation in the position or shapes of a structure or structural element due to the effects of loads or volume change; usually measured as a linear deviation from an established plan rather than an ...

Defect

Construction; Flooring

Any abnormality lowering the value of a product no matter why, when, or how it developed.

Cutter

Construction; Flooring

A term applied to a flooring unit that must be cut to fit next to a wall, or any vertical object, to allow for the proper expansion space between the flooring and all vertical objects.